Public Primary and secondary schools in Delta State Nigeria were
on Monday 27th March closed following the death of three principals
and one vice principal in a gastric motor accident on their way to Kwale for an
official assignment; the accident occurred a few hours to the suspension of the
three weeks strike by the state wing of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT). The Delta state commissioner for
Basic and Secondary education MR. CHIEDO
EBIE described the news of the tragic and untimely death of the three
school principals and one vice principal as a great shock.
Also the Akwaibom state Government in collaboration with the FHI
360 under the strengthening integrated delivery of HIV AIDS services project is to conduct the first ever Akwaibom
state AIDS indicator survey. The survey which is funded by the United State Agency for International
Development is a unique initiative that will generate précised data on the
HIV Epidemic in the state. The survey will help the state government and stakeholders
to plan how best to find solution to HIV
and AIDS across the state. The state
was selected by the United State President
Emergency Plan for Injury in connection with the Federal Ministry of Health and Akwaibom state as one of the spoken state
for scaling of HIV prevention and control strategies. The activities of the
services will evolved HIV Counseling and Testing.
Finally, the High Court sitting in Yola the Adamawa state
capital Nigeria had granted bail
application to the convicted former governor of the state BALLA JOENS IGALARI to the tune of ONE HUNDRED MILLION NAIRA (N1
000,000.00). The former governor who was convicted for five years
imprisonment was granted bail on health ground by the state high court. The Judge
while granting the bail said that the former governor would provide two
sureties that will deposit certificate of occupancy or landed properties worth of
Fifty Million Naira each. Reacting to
the Judgment, the Adamawa state Commissioner for Justice BALLA SANDRA expressed his displeasure over the judgment and vowed
to appeal the case.
NEWS REPORTER: ONYIA EMEKA HARFORD
CONTACT: +2348186388641
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